The Naira, yesterday, depreciated to N1,250 per dollar in the parallel market, from N1,140 per dollar on Thursday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,234.49 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative…
Naira appreciates to N1,382/dollar, Presidency cautions speculators
The naira maintained a steady appreciation against the United States dollar on Thursday, gaining N18 to close 1,382/$ at the official market. This came as Presidency warned currency speculators to desist from unpatriotic act against the national currency, saying racketeers…
Naira rebounds to N1,400/$ as speculators offload forex
The naira rebounded against the United States dollar on Wednesday at the official and parallel markets, with the local currency recording a significant gain against the greenback at the black market. This came as the Central Bank of Nigeria announced…
Despite FG’s clampdown: dollar hits N1,900; pound, N2,250
The naira Tuesday slid further at the parallel market in spite of the clampdown the federal government ordered on foreign exchange market speculators. Bureau De Change (BDC) hubs were raided in Abuja, Lagos and Kano and some operators were arrested.…
Naira rebounds as banks offload excess dollars
Ahead of the midnight February 1, 2024 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria to commercial banks to sell all excess foreign exchange holdings, Deposit Money Banks on Thursday made frantic efforts to offload their surplus dollar stocks. It…
Naira drops to N956/$ as dollar supply falls by 46%
The naira fell, on Thursday, to N956/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window as dollar supply declined by 46.77 per cent. This is a 13.78 per cent decline from the N840.53/$ the naira closed trading on Wednesday according…
Naira closes N756/$ as trading rises at investor’s window
The naira appreciated by 1.79 per cent against the United States dollar on the Investor & Exporter forex window on Tuesday, closing at N756.61/$. On Monday, local currency slumped to 770.38/$ at the close of trading on the I&E window…
Banks now selling dollar at N750 in Nigeria
Barely five days after the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, reports indicate that the Apex bank has given commercial banks and dealers in the forex market the green light to sell forex freely, at…
Naira gains against dollar by 0.03%
The naira appreciated against the dollar on Friday, exchanging for N461.38 at the investors’ and exporters’ window. The rate represented an increase of 0.03 per cent when compared to the N461.50 it exchanged to the dollar on Thursday. The open…
Naira gains 0.14% at investors, exporters window
Naira exchanged at N461.35 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday. The rate represented an appreciation by 0.14 per cent compared with the N462 for which it exchanged to the dollar on Tuesday. The open indicative…
